Superconducting materials for large scale applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1639-1654

  Scanlan, Ronald M ^a,b   Malozemoff, Alexis P ^c   Larbalestier, David C ^d  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b American Superconductor Corporation ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

(Bi,Pb) 2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10; Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8; BSCCO 2212; BSCCO 2223; Coated conductors; MgB2; Nb Ti; Nb3Sn; Superconducting wires; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LIMITERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

(BI,PB)2SR2CA2CU3O10; BI2SR2CACU2O8; BSCCO-2212; BSCCO-2223; COATED CONDUCTORS; MGB2; NB-TI; NB3SN; YBA2CU3O7(YBCO); YBA2CU3O7-Δ;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 21244442509     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2004.833673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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